Yeah, Cal is going to get embarrassed but beacuse they're somewhat relevant on the national stage when Ohio State blows them out it'll only help Ohio State's reputation regardless of how bad the bears are.

Also, I hope we have a lot more blowouts this year so I and everyone else can see more of the USC back up qbs. Max Wittek had only 3 attempts but he looks good. When Barkley first started I wasn't that impressed with him throwing the ball. Wittek holds the ball in the right place, didn't panic and throw it right away. But mostly, the velocity he threw on the ball was outstanding. He's going to be a good one.

EDIT: anyone have a replay of the game?

Im surprised to be honest that Wittek is the back up right now. Many people think Kessler is better and Max Browne will be an EE to come in and compete for the starting job next year as a freshman. Itll be interesting to see who gets the job.

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I wouldn't be sir prized if he passed McCoy on the depth chart. I think he might have a better arm and accurate arm then him from the highlights I thought. He also got some wheels too help us prepare for QB's as Wilson , RG3 and other runners etc.

I've come back off the ledge for Stanford a little bit since the game. Stanford played bad but its still the first game and the team will get better/gel. Skov will be a big impact on defense next week and the offense will smooth out more.

I think I underrate San Jose St a little bit. They are in for a good year and are a better team that they get credit for.

I'll just go ahead and say if UCLA upsets Nebraska they'll be the third best team in the conference. I may have overrated Washington but conference wise they're pretty competitive. They just don't have the athletes to run with LSU.

I wouldn't be sir prized if he passed McCoy on the depth chart. I think he might have a better arm and accurate arm then him from the highlights I thought. He also got some wheels too help us prepare for QB's as Wilson , RG3 and other runners etc.

Damn rich rod laying the smack down. Guess he just couldn't handle the pressure of such a high profile school like Michigan.

also I watched the end of the ASU game and that defense looks NASTY. The were constantly in the backfield. One play for example Illinois was running a read option, one of the DE on ASU, Young, straight up tackled the rb with his left hand and the QB with his right hand. It was sick. I'm not exaggerating but their D straight up reminded me of Alabama and LSU. They were ****ing fast af.

Enough sun devil knob slobbing but just wanted to point out what I saw.

Stanford game went better than expected. Nunez did some nice things pre-snap like protection & moving safeties to get single coverage, but damn does he lock on and just telegraph his passes. The guy will just stare down his receiver as he crosses the field and then a defender will just jump it.

OL did better in the run game and gave Nunez time, but the drop off of losing 2 big talents is evident.

If Toilolo is singled up wide without safety help, just throw it to him. He has at least 8" on most corners. Redzone threat, just throw it up high.

I know its Duke but the defense played considerably better. Got good pressure and just made tackles. Skov makes a difference out there. Duke barely even attempted to run the ball, just a million short passes that were easy to complete but only got 2 yards. Great perimeter tackling by the corners. Duke only had less than 125 yards before garbage time kicked in.

Real good turn around from last week. Still gonna get crushed next week probably, but I'm more optimistic about the season now. I suppose Barkley gets to beat Stanford once eventually.

CAL has the talent to do it, but I can't see them beating Corch Irvin Myers' Buckeyes. They'll shoot themselves in the foot on O, and their D (which usually looks good) has been **** the last two games.

Nice weekend for Cal. Oregon St's defense might be for real - the really put the choke hold on a perennially strong Wisconsin running game. I can't wait to see them over the course of the season - especially against Oregon. Also - Sean Mannion bandwagon is open for people who want to jump on board!